Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 25mm f4 Skopar
From: John Bean <john@jbean.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:22:41 +0100

At Tuesday 28/03/2000 03:03, Doug Cooper wrote:
>I've never figure out how to remove the hood on the Skopar, by the
>way.  Is mine simply screwed on extremely tightly?  (I'm nervous about
>twisting too hard; don't want to loosen the barrel.)

Yes, it screws onto an *external* thread. If it's tight, don't squeeze it 
(it makes it bind), get hold of one edge with finger and thumb, or use a 
filter wrench.

The RF coupled lenses don't seem to suffer from this problem, but the 25/4 
does.


Regards

John Bean